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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by randomhodler84 on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:33AM (#27972915)
If it was voluntary, there would be no need for a app. It’s policing and enforcement. Of some personal morality.
Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by zero_billion on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:41AM (#27973034)
even with the app, only those who think our app will help them will install. it's not for everyone. we are firm believers in the free market economy and we are in no way saying that porn is bad or immoral etc. we are only assisting people who need help in quitting a problematic behavior.
Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by a1369209993 on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @04:46PM (#27977417)
> even with the app, only those who think our app will help them will install.

I already asked upthread, but since this is here: how do you intend to insure this? For example, how do you insure that minors who have this app installed by their parents or guardians will be able to remove or bypass it, particularly without the parent being able to detect that (and thereby prevent it via threats)?

Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by bserge on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @11:07AM (#27973341)
Can I ask, how are you blocking it?

Also, it seems rather strange to me that you focus on porn when social media is a bigger problem.

But that's probably because of my own bias, I've been trying to quit Reddit and other garbage for years.

Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by zero_billion on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @11:19AM (#27973482)
our block depends on the device, on android it's dns and showing an overlay on adult contnet. in ios it's through dns/vpn.

regarding social media - that's next on our list! porn was the 1st use case and we plan to help people limit social media and gaming in the coming years.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by dogorman on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @01:29PM (#27975101)
> I’m sorry for not assuming good faith here.

You're not sorry.

Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by read_if_gay_ on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:36AM (#27972948)
Would you say the same about quitting smoking? Or harder drugs?
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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by read_if_gay_ on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @01:11PM (#27974858)
You’re conflating liking the act and liking the consequences of the act.
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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by dang on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @03:47PM (#27976731)
Please don't respond to bad comments by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes the thread even worse.

"Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by randomhodler84 on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @01:36PM (#27975191)
Not claiming this at all, didn’t mention alcohol. What I am proposing is many groups (esp religious ‘addiction’ services) _organizing_ come from a place of authoritarian, paternalistic and moral policing of those they believe are “weak”.
Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by dogorman on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @01:42PM (#27975263)
> Not claiming this at all, didn’t mention alcohol.

Wait, so you claim it of people who want to quit unspecified "hard drugs", but not alcohol specifically? Attendance to alcoholics anonymous is voluntary (usually, though sometimes a court compels it.) Use of this application is also voluntary. So what's the fundamental difference here?

> groups (esp religious ‘addiction’ services) _organizing_

If this is really key to what you're getting at, then it makes no sense for you to exclude Alcoholics Anonymous from your ire since that is an organized group that is religion-adjacent if not outright religious.

Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by randomhodler84 on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @02:01PM (#27975495)
You are missing what I’m saying. It’s not about a particular substance. All power to folks who want to face their demons. I want people the be healthy, like anyone else. This isn’t about the people wanting to quit.

It’s about the people that are building structures to enforce their own morality and dressing it up as helping addiction. Those that prey on those wanting to quit.

Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by dogorman on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @10:17AM (#27984045)
> building structures to enforce their own morality

You mean, applications that people voluntarily choose to use? You still haven't pointed out any authoritarianism from Atmana.